A woman has tested positive to COVID-19 in South Australia after returning from Victoria, despite getting the all-clear for the coronavirus earlier this year.
Key points:
- The South Australian woman was working in aged care in Victoria
- She tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this year but was given the all-clear
- When she arrived back in SA hotel quarantine, she tested positive again
Two Nine News staff members have been sent home to self-isolate after being classified by SA Health as “casual contacts” of the woman.
The journalist and camera operator briefly interviewed her as she came through Adelaide Airport on Monday, before she entered hotel quarantine and received the positive diagnosis.
The South Australian woman, in her 20s, had been working in the aged care sector in Victoria, and first tested positive to the virus in August.
She was since given the all-clear and flew back into South Australia on Monday, November 9.
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She entered hotel quarantine, where she tested positive again.
Journalist, camera operator in home quarantine
Professor Spurrier said the woman who tested positive had a “short interaction” with “a number of people” in the airport, who are considered casual contacts and are quarantining at home.
Nine News director Jeremy Pudney subsequently issued a statement confirming the casual contacts were members of staff.
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